Love unboxing videos and 4K/Blu-ray reviews, so it's very cool to see this, thanks! With the Criterion sale last month, current Kino Lorber sale, and a few Amazon 4K purchases during Cyber Monday, I passed on the Capra set to try to stay within some kind of budget, so I have to be jealous of Harry right now- so much for him to view in that packed set! Great to see the package in detail for the first time (including the individual cases for each title), which I'm now mulling buying next year, thanks to Harry's overview.
@TheGoldenHourFilmPodcast Yes, I get good ideas for what to add to my collection (I have a lot of titles) via these types of video reviews/unboxings. I follow Films By Color as well, and am kept up-to-date on what's coming out, and what sales are going on (just got the steelbook of "North By Northwest" after hearing about it on FBC, for example). For Criterion 4K, I finally got "Peeping Tom" last month and would recommend that as a great starting point. The "Double Indemnity" Criterion 4K is also great.
He should be right up my alley, but weirdly I never could get into Frank Capra. From the films I saw, I liked It Happened One Night the most. And if you haven't seen it, you should definitely check out Arsenic and Old Lace. But Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and It's a Wonderful Life? Those were really groaners for me.
I think Capra can lay on the sentiment too thick at times, but everything about "It Happened One Night" seems to flow perfectly; it's one of my favorite 1930s films.
I looked up the set and saw that it lacks Broadway Bill and it's remake Riding High. I'm guessing its has something to do with the remake being Paramount. Perhaps they had to buy the rights to Broadway Bill to remake it.
Frank Capra is proof that Auteur theory is a lot of nonsense. Without the writing of Robert Riskin and Jo Swerling he would never have gotten anywhere. Although to be fair no one did as much with their writing as he did. I've not seen the first three or Rain or Shine. You're probably going to ignore my advice bit I say skip the military buddy movies. Ralph Graves is a block of wood. Forbiden and The Bitter Tea..should be low priority. Even Barbara Stanwyck couldn't save them. Why isn't Broadway Bill part of this collection? I've wanted to see Rain or Shine for a while, just to see something James Gleason wrote. It's a shame that Robert Williams died right after Platinum Blonde. He would have been a great Peter Warne. I'm definitely going to have my eyes open in the thrift stores and torrent sites for this.
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Love unboxing videos and 4K/Blu-ray reviews, so it's very cool to see this, thanks! With the Criterion sale last month, current Kino Lorber sale, and a few Amazon 4K purchases during Cyber Monday, I passed on the Capra set to try to stay within some kind of budget, so I have to be jealous of Harry right now- so much for him to view in that packed set! Great to see the package in detail for the first time (including the individual cases for each title), which I'm now mulling buying next year, thanks to Harry's overview.
Thanks for watching and supporting! Will potentially make this a series in the new year of unboxing/reviewing if that’s something youd like?
@TheGoldenHourFilmPodcast Yes, I get good ideas for what to add to my collection (I have a lot of titles) via these types of video reviews/unboxings. I follow Films By Color as well, and am kept up-to-date on what's coming out, and what sales are going on (just got the steelbook of "North By Northwest" after hearing about it on FBC, for example). For Criterion 4K, I finally got "Peeping Tom" last month and would recommend that as a great starting point. The "Double Indemnity" Criterion 4K is also great.
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@@maplestreetmovies anything you recommend I add the the new collection?
He should be right up my alley, but weirdly I never could get into Frank Capra. From the films I saw, I liked It Happened One Night the most. And if you haven't seen it, you should definitely check out Arsenic and Old Lace. But Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and It's a Wonderful Life? Those were really groaners for me.
Actually haven’t seen Arsenic and Old Lace, very very much on the watchlist! Thanks for your support! Have you seen You Cant Take it With You?
@TheGoldenHourFilmPodcast No, I haven't. But its synopsis sounds very Capraesque.
I think Capra can lay on the sentiment too thick at times, but everything about "It Happened One Night" seems to flow perfectly; it's one of my favorite 1930s films.
@@slc2466 That's exactly my sentiment.
To steal a line from a non-classic movie, what are you on, dope? Arsenic and Old Lace was terrible because no Robert Riskin or Jo Swerling.
I looked up the set and saw that it lacks Broadway Bill and it's remake Riding High. I'm guessing its has something to do with the remake being Paramount. Perhaps they had to buy the rights to Broadway Bill to remake it.
Frank Capra is proof that Auteur theory is a lot of nonsense. Without the writing of Robert Riskin and Jo Swerling he would never have gotten anywhere. Although to be fair no one did as much with their writing as he did.
I've not seen the first three or Rain or Shine. You're probably going to ignore my advice bit I say skip the military buddy movies. Ralph Graves is a block of wood. Forbiden and The Bitter Tea..should be low priority. Even Barbara Stanwyck couldn't save them.
Why isn't Broadway Bill part of this collection?
I've wanted to see Rain or Shine for a while, just to see something James Gleason wrote.
It's a shame that Robert Williams died right after Platinum Blonde. He would have been a great Peter Warne.
I'm definitely going to have my eyes open in the thrift stores and torrent sites for this.